Senior SDET (Software Development Engineer in Test)

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior SDET (Software Development Engineer in Test) to improve software quality across the engineering organization through automation, testing platforms, quality standards, and engineering enablement. This is not a feature-testing role. The focus is on building scalable quality solutions and helping teams own quality.

Our Stack:

• Programming language: Python
• DB: MySQL / Mongo DB
• DevOps: AWS / Jenkins / K8S
• Web: Playwright

What You'll Be Doing:

• Build and maintain test automation frameworks.
• Develop reusable testing tools and libraries.
• Improve test reliability and reduce flaky tests.
• Manage test data and testing infrastructure.
• Integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Implement release quality gates.
• Improve deployment confidence and testing efficiency.
• Define testing strategies and best practices.
• Support teams with complex testing challenges.
• Review solutions from a quality and reliability perspective.
• Coach engineers on testing and quality ownership.
• Create standards, documentation, and guidelines.
• Drive adoption of quality practices across teams.
• Analyze incidents and prevent regressions.
• Track quality metrics and identify improvement opportunities.

What You'll Bring:

• 5+ years of testing experience.
• Strong coding skills (Python or any other programming language, but willing to write in Python).
• Experience with Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or similar (we use Playwright).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• Understanding of software architecture and distributed systems.

What’s In It For You:

• Pleased is a remote-first company in pursuit of sustainability.
• A competitive salary + individual performance-based bonuses every quarter.
• 28 days paid annual leave.
• Our core working hours are 10 am-3 pm in your local time zone with flexibility outside of this.
• Referral bonuses & flash bonuses.
• Top-of-the-line equipment.
• Annual company retreats to provide great internal networking opportunities.

Interview Process:

• Remote video screening with our Talent Acquisition Team.
• Live coding interview.
• Remote video interview with Team Members (60 Mins).
• Final discussion with the hiring manager (60 mins).

If you're interested, we encourage you to apply! Every application is reviewed by a member of our team (AI is not used in our recruitment process), and we aim to respond within 48 hours.